Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.

Navigating ADHD as a scientist: Shared tips and strategies for task and time management, including by volcanologist Lis Gallant (@bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social), whose ADHD is a superpower in the (lava🌋) field. Reporting by @plantnerd.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you know anyone Cambridge UK inclined we would QUIETLY FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU if you shared

Amazing University of Bristol opportunities for ECRs, working with my wonderful colleague Naomi Milner: PEATSENSE (Diverse Knowledges and Sensing Practices in Peatlands for Inclusive Climate Futures)

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

We are seeking two creative, independent, and intellectually curious researchers eager to contribute innovative scholarship in the social sciences and/or environmental humanities to lead core elements of the PEATSENSE project.

America … any chance we could get him back in the White House?

#JedBartlett
#TheWestWing
#MartinSheen
#Democracy

Oh. Oops.

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

🔥 AMAZING.

Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia.

It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.

Good balanced article. Individuals have an impact but we need real action from governments and businesses.

Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Very hard to disagree with this analysis. The government’s thrall to growth at all costs, and the power of what Monbiot calls “predatory lobbyists” is deeply disappointing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

a black and white photo of a volcano erupting with the words `` i lava you '' . Alt: a black and white photo of a volcano erupting with the words `` i lava you '' .

Shout out to our @vmsg.bsky.social community! With the fabulous annual meeting coming up after 🎄🎄Time to make a vmsg starter pack! Reply if you would like to join! 😊

Several projects seeking graduate students in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. See link for details. Application deadline is Jan. 1

www.eas.cornell.edu/eas/programs...

The image shows a satellite image of a landslide that deposited on a glacier in Patagonia (Chile)

🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity at Edinburgh to Investigate landslide triggers in deglaciating volcanoes and mountainous environments. tinyurl.com/yvwtppss
with Dr. Symeon Makris (BGS), Dr. Max Van Wyk de Vries (University of Cambridge), Dr. Beatriz Recinos, and Prof. Simon Mudd (UoE) #naturalhazards